Load Method

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Loads an Assembly given its display name.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Load ( _
    assemblyString As String _
) As Assembly

public Assembly Load(
    string assemblyString
)

public:
Assembly^ Load(
    String^ assemblyString
)

member Load : 
        assemblyString:string -> Assembly

public function Load(
    assemblyString : String
) : Assembly

Parameters

assemblyString
Type: System. . :: . .String
The display name of the assembly. See Assembly..::..FullName.

Return Value

Type: System.Reflection. . :: . .Assembly
The loaded assembly.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	assemblyString is null Nothing nullptr unit a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic)
FileNotFoundException	assemblyString is not found.
BadImageFormatException	assemblyString is not a valid assembly. -or- Version 2.0 or later of the common language runtime is currently loaded and assemblyString was compiled with a later version.
AppDomainUnloadedException	The operation is attempted on an unloaded application domain.
FileLoadException	An assembly or module was loaded twice with two different evidences.

Remarks

This method should be used only to load an assembly into the current application domain. This method is provided as a convenience for interoperability callers who cannot call the static Assembly..::..Load method. To load assemblies into other application domains, use a method such as CreateInstanceAndUnwrap.

For information that is common to all overloads of this method, see the Load(AssemblyName) method overload.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.